Justice Varma may face impeachment at the Monsoon Session.

• The Union government plans to bring a motion of impeachment against Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament.

• Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has begun speaking to political parties about the impeachment motion.

• The impeachment motion follows his indictment by a three-member committee constituted by then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna.

• The committee’s report recommended Varma’s removal, prompting Chief Justice Khanna to write to the President and Prime Minister for his removal.

• The Union Law Minister will move the motion based on the report.

• The motion requires the support of 50 MPs for Rajya Sabha and 100 MPs for Lok Sabha.